ERIC CANTOR: The Sequester 'Doesn't Make Any Sense'

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor conceded that the
across-the-board spending cuts of the upcoming sequester don't
"make any sense." But he blamed President Barack Obama for
proposing it and suggested that Republicans would be OK with the
cuts kicking in.

"Clearly, this is not the best way to go about controlling
spending," Cantor said on "Meet the Press" Sunday.

Cantor pushed the argument that the House has taken up
alternative measures to avoid the cuts in the sequester. The
problem, he said, is that Obama wants to raise taxes "every three
months."

"The problem is every time you turn around, the answer is
to raise taxes," Cantor said. "He just got his tax hike on
the wealthy. And you can't in this town every three months raise
taxes. Again, every time, that's his response."

"We've got a spending problem — everybody knows it," Cantor
added. "The House
has put forward an alternative plan, and there's been no response
in any serious way from the Senate and the White House. And it's
time, we've really got to do it."